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Colombia’s indigenous population under attack
97 indigenous leaders and activists have been murdered in the past year, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Boys play football in front of a mural of an indigenous Colombian goddess in Medellin, the country’s second-largest city

INDIGENOUS communities in Colombia face escalating levels of violence, with 97 leaders and activists murdered in the past year.

Three indigenous guard members were killed and at least seven were injured on Saturday August 10 after their group was attacked as it left a market fair in Toribio in the department of Cauca, south-west Colombia. 

At least four attackers opened fire on vehicles in which indigenous community members were travelling.

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